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List of Delta IV launches |
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- This page is a list of launches of the Delta IV rocket. For more information as a whole, see Delta IV.
Delta IV Flights
Past launches
List updated: 2009-01-18.
| Date |
Type |
Serial-No. |
Launch Site |
Payload |
Kind of Payload |
Orbit |
Outcome |
Remarks |
| 2002-11-20 |
Medium+ (4,2) |
D-293 |
CC LC-37B |
Eutelsat W5 |
Commercial communications satellite |
GTO |
Success |
First Delta IV Medium+ (4,2) launch |
| 2003-03-11 |
Medium |
D-296 |
CC LC-37B |
DSCS-3 A3 (USA 167) |
Military communications satellite |
GTO |
Success |
First Delta IV Medium launch
First USAF EELV mission |
| 2003-08-29 |
Medium |
D-301 |
CC LC-37B |
DSCS-3 B6 (USA 170) |
Military communications satellite |
GTO |
Success |
|
| 2004-12-21 |
Heavy |
D-310 |
CC LC-37B |
DemoSat [1] / 3CS 1 / 3CS 2 |
Demonstration payload |
Planned for GSO |
Partial success, only DemoSat reached incorrect orbit |
First Delta IV Heavy launch |
| 2006-05-24 |
Medium+ (4,2) |
D-315 |
CC LC-37B |
GOES-N |
Weather satellite |
GTO |
Success |
First Delta IV launch for NASA |
| 2006-06-27 |
Medium+ (4,2) |
D-317 |
VAFB SLC-6 |
NROL-22 |
Reconnaissance satellite |
HEO |
Success |
First Delta IV launch from Vandenberg |
| 2006-11-04 |
Medium |
D-320 |
VAFB SLC-6 |
DMSP F17 |
Military weather satellite |
SSO; polar |
Success |
First Delta IV launch into a LEO/SSO |
| 2007-11-11 |
Heavy |
D-329 |
CC LC-37B |
DSP-23 |
Missile Warning satellite |
GSO |
Success |
First Delta IV launch contracted by United Launch Alliance
Launch delayed due to damage to launch pad caused by a liquid oxygen leak[2] |
| 2009-01-17 |
Heavy |
D-337 |
CC LC-37B |
NROL-26 (USA-202) |
Reconnaissance satellite |
GSO |
Success |
|
| 2009-06-26 |
Medium+ (4,2) |
D-342 |
CC LC-37B |
GOES-O |
Weather satellite |
GTO |
Success[5] |
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Planned launches
| Date |
Type |
Serial-No. |
Launch Site |
Payload |
Kind of Payload |
Orbit |
Outcome |
Remarks |
| 2009-09-30[3][4] |
Medium+ (5,4) |
|
CC LC-37B |
WGS-3 |
Communication satellite |
GTO |
|
First Delta IV Medium+ (5,4) launch |
| 2010-02 |
Medium+ (4,2) |
|
CC LC-37B |
GPS IIF-1 |
Navigation |
High perigee GTO |
|
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| 2010-04 |
Medium+ (4,2) |
|
CC LC-37B |
GOES-P |
Weather satellite |
High perigee GTO |
|
|
| 2010 |
Heavy |
|
CC LC-37B |
NROL-32 |
Reconnaissance satellite |
Unknown |
|
|
| 2010 |
Medium |
|
CC LC-37B |
GPS-IIF-5 |
Navigation |
MEO |
|
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| 2011 |
Medium |
|
CC LC-37B |
GPS-IIF-9 |
Navigation |
MEO |
|
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| 2011 |
Medium |
|
CC LC-37B |
GPS-IIF-10 |
Navigation |
MEO |
|
|
| TBD |
Medium+ (4,2) |
|
CC LC-37B |
SBIRS-GEO-3 |
Missile warning |
GTO |
|
|
| TBD |
Medium+ (5,2) |
|
VAFB SLC-6 |
NROL-25 |
Reconnaissance satellite |
Unknown |
|
First Delta IV Medium+ (5,2) launch |
| TBD |
Heavy |
|
VAFB SLC-6 |
NROL-49 |
Reconnaissance satellite |
Unknown |
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First Delta IV Heavy launch from Vandenberg |
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Published in July 2009.
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